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1. Everyone on this plane is about to die,

2. including me.

3. I'm Franklin Fox. Some know me as Remedy.

4. I write a blog about achieving optimal health.

5. That guy in the seat across from me is Sig Thorenson,

6. who wouldn't be in this predicament

7. if he had not caused the death of thousands

8. by flooding the pharmaceutical market

9. with a drug he knew was highly addictive

10. and devastatingly lethal.

11. They say that life flashes before your eyes

12. when you have a near-death experience,

13. but I only saw my last three months.

14. Let me take you back to where that began.

15. I booked a gig as a ticket taker at Sci-Trinity Arena

16. in the hopes I might snag an interview for my blog

17. with health and tech guru Anton Burrell,

18. who was on the brink of discovering a means

19. to optimal health,

20. which required no pills or any conventional medication.

21. I was behind schedule,

22. and I soon learned that trying to cheat time

23. came with a heavy cost.

24. All you do is scan the Tri-Band.

25. Admit only green.

26. The new Tri-Band Doc Remote, optimizing...

27. You're late.

28. Sorry.

29. Swipe your badge. Tri-Band...

30. Did I mention that I only took this job

31. to meet Anton Burrell?

32. I researched him,

33. but I hadn't researched this minimum-wage gig.

34. Simpler and more productive.

35. Experience optimum health.

36. - Thanks. - Uh-huh.

37. First day.

38. Uniform.

39. Your top button.

40. Welcome to Sci-Trinity.

41. Oh. Begin your journey

42. towards better health for a better world.

43. As I was saying, admit only green.

44. Anton Burrell

45. welcomes you to Sci-Trinity Arena.

46. Thank you.

47. Walk through the door

48. to encounter the pathway to optimum health.

49. Um, sorry.

50. Sorry, ma'am.

51. This employee didn't scan you properly.

52. My apologies.

53. Learn your freaking job, dick-wad.

54. We're helping...

55. I was on a mission to meet Burrell

56. and I didn't wanna get sidetracked, but you know,

57. sometimes life comes at you in weird ways.

58. Next time, scan the bracelets, not the babes.

59. Well, Louie, you shouldn't call women you work with babes.

60. I'd hate to make another report to your boss.

61. That was amazing.

62. He thinks I'd fuck him to keep this shit job.

63. Like, I bet he's still staring.

64. Oof. Totally is.

65. - Yep, and you wanna know why? - Why?

66. Because I am a babe.

67. Um, it's a joke.

68. Uh, no, it's not.

69. You're a babe.

70. Hey, I'm Franklin.

71. - Jala. - Jala, nice to meet you.

72. Please find your seats.

73. Hey, would you, uh, wanna, like, get food with me sometime?

74. Go to dinner or something?

75. OK, how's now?

76. Now? Uh, I just...

77. Oh, I see. Our first date

78. and you already got something better to do.

79. No, no, I was just,

80. I was kind of planning on seeing the presentation.

81. Oh, do you have a secret invitation hidden somewhere?

82. I don't see a Tri-Band.

83. No. I, uh, I can't afford it.

84. I've been saving up to take you to dinner, so.

85. OK, a boy who sees the future,

86. Burrell fanboy.

87. More like I'm into tech that I can't afford.

88. - How about tomorrow night? - No, tonight.

89. Coogan's at seven.

90. Wait, here, let me, let me get your number just in case.

91. In the event of an emergency

92. during tonight's performance

93. the alarms will sound and you'll be led from your seats.

94. Wait, that's not—My number? No.

95. But I did set your alarm for 6:30.

96. It should give you plenty of time to do whatever

97. sneaky shit you're up to.

98. I wasn't sure where this would go,

99. but I really wanted to find out.

100. But right now, I needed to get to Andy,

101. my key to meeting Burrell.

102. Andy?

103. - Andy? - Asshole!

104. Scared the shit out of me.

105. Maybe you should be on the toilet.

106. What took you so long? This thing's about to start.

107. I'm sorry, I, uh...

108. I think I may have just met my future wife.

109. Dude, there are three emotions that can kill a man:

110. love, greed, and revenge.

111. Court them at your peril.

112. - Hmm? - Oh.

113. You couldn't have gotten this to me yesterday?

114. Save me the day labor gig?

115. Like your broke ass doesn't need money?

116. Besides, these all-access employee bands

117. just got here this morning.

118. Swiped yours from my boss.

119. Not gonna miss it?

120. Subbed his out for a Tri-Band Two.

121. He'll never know the difference.

122. Anyway, I hacked that one.

123. Uploaded your DNA from a beer bottle.

124. Not easy.

125. The security on these things is a real bitch.

126. But it'll work, right?

127. Be careful!

128. - Wait, wait, wait, wait. - Oh.

129. Maybe, maybe it's...

130. - Yeah, there we go. Go on. - Okay.

131. Please take your seats.

132. Mr. Burrell has requested no flash photography.

133. Who... and why?

134. Uh, Mr. Burrell, I'm, I'm Franklin Fox.

135. I'd love to interview you.

136. I have, I have a blog that took—

137. Who... and why?

138. Not yours, is it?

139. Sir, I—Showtime.

140. You stay put, enjoy the show.

141. Hmm?

142. Oh. Mustn't distract from the product.

143. Ladies and gentlemen, Anton Burrell.

144. Normally I'm introduced with a big fuss,

145. lights, music, some announcer shouting my name.

146. Today I said, "It's enough of all that."

147. You know me.

148. We know each other because we have taken this journey

149. together, arm in arm, or should I say

150. wrist and bracelet?

151. Our mission is one.

152. And we share a core belief that to create a better world,

153. we must...

154. Create better health!

155. Create better health.

156. Mental health, physical health, spiritual health.

157. When this trinity is in discord, we experience illness.

158. When it's in harmony,

159. we experience optimum health.

160. How many of you here, since integrating

161. a Tri-Band into your life,

162. have gained better physical health? Hm?

163. How many feel more relaxed and at the same time,

164. more alive than ever?

165. How many feel a new loving connection

166. to the world around you?

167. Our technology has monitored your physiology,

168. decoded your DNA to devise a health plan

169. unique to you.

170. Then,

171. because remembering it all can be a chore,

172. it reminded you when and how to exercise,

173. what and when to eat.

174. But what if you didn't have to be reminded?

175. What if you just naturally enjoyed doing all the things

176. that are best for your health?

177. Friends...

178. may I introduce Tri-Band Five.

179. Wear this and you'll not only

180. want to get up each morning and exercise,

181. you will do it without thinking and enjoy it.

182. You won't need those pills for diabetes,

183. high blood pressure, food addiction, drug addiction.

184. All lose their power with the Tri-Band Five on your arm.

185. The mere thought that flossing

186. will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy.

187. What's up?

188. Did you see the new taser?

189. - No. - Good.

190. Now how is this all possible?

191. Good question.

192. We have developed a neurotechnology that allows you

193. to be your best self without even trying.

194. You're still you, just the best you.

195. Sci-Trinity's controlling you!

196. Killer machines!

197. Killer machines!

198. Sorry, I, I knocked this off the stand.

199. Thank you.

200. Sir.

201. Oh, and, uh, Franklin, that interview you wanted,

202. it'll happen.

203. Meanwhile, I'd get someone to look at that hand.

204. And you came down, you came through a back door.

205. - Yeah. - OK.

206. Well, I'm gonna have to hold onto this for a while.

207. You weren't supposed to be here,

208. but it's a good thing you were, all right?

209. Oh shit.

210. You OK?

211. I'm gonna have to hold onto this, OK?

212. You weren't supposed to be here, but I,

213. I think it's a good thing you were.

214. - All right? - Yeah.

215. - That was so good. - Yeah, it was fantastic.

216. Cheers!

217. Hey. Still waiting?

218. - Yeah. - Let me know

219. if you need anything, OK?

220. - Yeah. - Oh, cool ring.

221. - That was so good. - Yeah, it was fantastic.

222. This is crazy.

223. Let's try this again.

224. OK, you don't work when you're white.

225. Cheers!

226. Happy birthday.

227. Hey. Are you still waiting?

228. Yeah.

229. OK, well, just let me know if you need anything, OK?

230. OK.

231. There you go.

232. OK.

233. How long?

234. So we're talking about how much time?

235. When I touch the jewel...

236. That's unreal.

237. I bet you were here at seven.

238. - Oh. - On time, waits for me,

239. and... you're not about to propose, are you?

240. Oh, uh, yeah, no.

241. Uh...

242. You, uh, look incredible.

243. Well, thank you.

244. When a girl goes out to dinner with a hero.

245. Saw you on my feed saving Burrell. Superhero.

246. Oh, no, I, I just, uh, I just reacted.

247. Does that hurt?

248. Oh, no, it's a...

249. This is a flesh wound.

250. From a bullet?

251. Yeah, but it barely, barely grazed me, so.

252. You wanna get outta here?

253. You're not hungry?

254. No, I'm, I'm, I'm famished,

255. but I only suggest this place

256. when I'm not sure about a guy.

257. It's safe, but the food sucks.

258. And now you're, you're sure about me?

259. No, but I'm pretty scrappy

260. and you've only got one good hand, so I like my chances.

261. OK.

262. You paint like, like paintings and things?

263. Yeah, yeah.

264. What, you thought taking tickets at a sports arena

265. - was my dream? - No judgment.

266. I mean, it's, it's not yours, right?

267. No, no, no. I just, I, I did the job

268. so I could, uh, you know, sneak into the presentation.

269. Oh, OK. But I, I write.

270. Oh, a writer?

271. Like, like novels.

272. Like articles for newspapers or websites.

273. What do you write about?

274. It's about how technology affects health.

275. Ah, so you're like an investigative journalist?

276. - Yeah. - Cool.

277. Yeah, actually, I had, I had three pieces that I,

278. I got in the Huffington Post

279. and Burrell agreed to give me an interview tonight, so...

280. I mean, he knows smart when he sees it.

281. Well, probably more stubborn than smart, but...

282. Tenacity's an admirable trait.

283. Have you ever had something so crazy happen to you

284. you can barely believe that it happened?

285. Franklin, we just met.

286. Unless that's not, that's not what you meant.

287. That's exactly what I meant.

288. Yeah.

289. Oh.

290. This is it.

291. It's a total mess in here. I'm sorry.

292. No, it's fine. I live with my aunt

293. and she steals outta my purse

294. and everything she owns smells like cigarettes.

295. So this is, I like this.

296. - Nice. - Yeah.

297. Yeah, I still need to take more corporate jobs.

298. Screw the blog.

299. Make some more money.

300. Classic problem.

301. Passion versus finance.

302. And you know what they say about money?

303. Absolutely corrupts.

304. Isn't it power absolutely corrupts?

305. Money, power.

306. - What's the real difference? - Okay.

307. Anyway, I mean, passion trumps all, yeah?

308. Yeah.

309. Um, um, oh, Franklin?

310. Yeah.

311. Do you have a girlfriend?

312. No, why?

313. Whose purses are those?

314. Uh, I can explain, but maybe later.

315. It's not... Yeah, no, it's fine.

316. It's cool, it's cool, it's cool. Um...

317. Maybe we're moving too fast, anyway.

318. OK. Um...

319. I'm gonna just...

320. Um, Franklin is, is that your girlfriend?

321. Uh...

322. Um...

323. I'm gonna just... OK.

324. Wait.

325. Can you kiss my toes?

326. Your toes?

327. You think that's weird, right?

328. I'm so sorry, you don't have to.

329. No, no, no.

330. Oh wow, Franklin.

331. You think this was planned?

332. Maybe, Burrell knows how to market.

333. Now, who is this kid who saved Burrell?

334. He's a writer.

335. Nothing major. End-of-the-year reports

336. and feel-good PR articles for small companies.

337. Maybe he should write something for us.

338. Calvert, follow this kid, see if he works for Burrell.

339. If we can prove this attack was a con,

340. that'll change the whole narrative.

341. All over him, Mr. Thorenson.

342. Renee, dig.

343. Perfect health wristband, my ass.

344. There's gotta be some chink in the armor.

345. It's snake oil, it can't be real.

346. And if it is, we can't let it get to market.

347. How are we gonna make money if nobody gets sick?

348. - Oh. - Yes, sir.

349. Go deep.

350. Fuck Burrell.

351. Good morning.

352. Hey.

353. Look, I know it's after 12, but you want breakfast?

354. You are like a mind reader.

355. Just bacon. People who don't like bacon, like bacon.

356. No, no, no, no, no, no.

357. I'm, I'm talking about last night.

358. It's like you were in my head.

359. I think you ruined me for anyone.

360. - Huh. - Hm.

361. Hang on one sec.

362. Oh shit.

363. Ah.

364. Wait, wait.

365. Wait, wait!

366. Oh, come on.

367. My keys.

368. Jala!

369. Jala!

370. You know how long it's gonna take me to make enough money

371. to get that car out?

372. I mean, they keep raising the price

373. like every single day it's there too.

374. Well, you still have that interview with Burrell.

375. That should count for something, right?

376. Yeah, I mean, if he even does it,

377. and it could be weeks before I sell it,

378. and then more weeks before whoever I sell it to

379. actually sends a check, so...

380. You need to just have a little faith, Franklin.

381. Paragon Casino Resort.

382. You're a good guy, something will happen.

383. Maybe something already has.

384. Hey, uh, I got, I gotta go do something, actually.

385. - You trying to get rid of me? - What, no, no. You can stay.

386. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. You rattle too easy.

387. I gotta go walk my aunt's dog.

388. OK. If not, she'll shit herself.

389. My aunt, not the dog.

390. - All right. - Bye.

391. I'll see you later.

392. - I won, I won! - Good shit.

393. Yup, you got it.

394. Hey, how's it going?

395. - Hey. - Ready to play?

396. - Uh, yeah. - Place your bets.

397. And bets are closed.

398. Good luck to ya. Here you are, sir.

399. Thank you, lucky number seven.

400. All right.

401. No more bets.

402. 15 black.

403. 15.

404. Good luck to ya.

405. - Here you are, sir. - Uh, 15.

406. Alright.

407. No more bets.

408. 15 black.

409. OK.

410. 21.

411. Yes!21, red.

412. - How much did that pay out? - That pays $3,500.

413. $3,500, OK.

414. Yes!

415. I think 13, I'll go 13.

416. Two Miller Lites.

417. Yes!29 black.

418. Good job, man.

419. All right, thank you, thank you, thank you.

420. All large?

421. - Sorry? - Hundreds,

422. or do you need smaller?

423. Oh, uh, yeah, hundreds are fine.

424. OK.

425. Bye now.

426. Thank you!

427. - Thank you. - You are so welcome.

428. Here you go.

429. Thank you very much.

430. - Thank you. - You're welcome.

431. Hey.

432. Hey!

433. Get back here, you!

434. Stop that guy!

435. You're with Dick.

436. Hey, buddy.

437. You're running a scam.

438. Nobody gets percentages like that in roulette.

439. Oh, I won that money, so fuck you.

440. Don't scuff your shoes, Timmy.

441. Hey, fuck off, Calvert. This is none of your business.

442. Doesn't exactly look official though, does it?

443. Out here in the parking lot like this.

444. Looks like you trying to peel something off for yourself.

445. And as a regular here, I am shocked by what I'm seeing.

446. I don't wanna see your ass back here again.

447. All right.

448. You know what's good after you get your ass beat?

449. So what is it?

450. Magnets?

451. Tight with the croupier?

452. Nope.

453. Come on now.

454. Just between us.

455. What's the gag?

456. Nobody picks that many spins without an edge.

457. I gotta tell you, it's just luck, that's it.

458. Luck.

459. I'll say. Those boys were about to take your scalp.

460. So maybe you are lucky.

461. There's someone who would like to meet you.

462. Who?

463. Know Sig Thorenson?

464. Renson Pharmaceuticals Sig Thorenson? Yeah.

465. Why does he wanna meet me?

466. Yeah, the company's been dealing with

467. some negative press about—Zonastin?

468. It's fueling an opioid epidemic that's killing thousands?

469. Well...

470. he's seen some of the PR work

471. you've done for other companies,

472. believes you might have the right sensibility

473. to put a different spin on things.

474. Yeah.

475. You can tell Sig Thorenson to go fuck himself.

476. Thanks for the burger.

477. Wait.

478. In case you decide you want to tell him that yourself.

479. - Hey. - Hey, what's up?

480. - How are you? - I'm good.

481. Whose apartment is this?

482. Oh, this is my apartment.

483. Did you rob a bank?

484. I just, I went to the casino,

485. - I got super lucky. - Can I have some of that luck?

486. Yeah, you can have some of that luck.

487. No, I just, I had like a, a bit of an edge.

488. An edge like counting cards?

489. Yeah, something like that.

490. There's something I wanna show you.

491. My phone's dead, can I use your laptop?

492. Yeah, of course.

493. Um...

494. Franklin, did, uh, who is this?

495. It's OK to have a past, but is it in the past though?

496. Yeah.

497. Yeah, she's in the past. Uh...

498. That's my, my twin sister, Nataline.

499. You saw her purses the other day in the room.

500. What purses? I didn't see any.

501. Right, uh...

502. No, I think her stuff

503. just kind of haunts me since she passed.

504. I got a bunch of her stuff in the house, so...

505. Mmm.

506. Yeah.

507. Uh, I'm... I'm sorry.

508. When did she... Unless you don't wanna talk about it,

509. - I understand. - No, no, yeah.

510. She, uh, she died four years ago this month.

511. She, uh, she actually OD'd on Zonastin.

512. It's like a pain pill they gave her after a car crash.

513. And, uh, she just couldn't, couldn't stop.

514. You know, once she started.

515. I, I spent every penny I had to try to help her.

516. It was rehab and bail and rehab. Uh...

517. Never really could, could help enough.

518. That pill killed my sister, but—

519. - Sorry. - That's why I write,

520. try to make sure that never happens to anyone again.

521. - Here, let me show you. - Wow.

522. Hmm.

523. Rebel Health by Remedy.

524. Yeah, I mostly, uh, promote, like,

525. alternatives to pain management and stuff,

526. but I go hardcore after the people

527. that make those kinds of pills and push 'em out into the world.

528. So for when I'm doing my normal work, I, I use my real name.

529. But then when I'm doing that stuff, those corporate fucks

530. who, who get way too much money for what they do to people.

531. They're scary, they're big and they got a bunch of money.

532. So I use an alias, Remedy, and I hide my, my IP and stuff,

533. so they can't find me.

534. You're an activist.

535. An activ—

536. You know, the other day

537. I actually thought that I was actively caught.

538. This, this guy came up to me and he told me

539. he works for Sig Thorenson,

540. who's this massive pill pimp who makes Zonastin,

541. who I've also written a bunch of vile,

542. but very true things about him.

543. And he came up to me and I was like, "Oh shit, I'm busted."

544. But yeah, it was scary.

545. Hey, don't, don't say anything to anybody

546. about like the alias.

547. Listen, no, no, your secret is safe with me.

548. OK, I, I think it's very heroic.

549. Heroic? Yes.

550. I can tell you what's not heroic

551. is how my apartment was looking before,

552. so I decided I'd use my non-writing talents

553. to make a little bit more money.

554. And I was like, "There's this really special girl.

555. And I want to get her something special," so I got you this.

556. Franklin, that's, that's for me?

557. Mm-hmm.

558. Yeah.

559. Wow.

560. Jala, I, I haven't had anybody

561. like, in my life in a while that I really care about.

562. And I want you to know if it's important to you,

563. it's important to me. It's just a little gift.

564. You, thank you, thank you.

565. Mmm.

566. Franklin, did you get a new toy or...

567. You wanna see it?

568. - Yeah. - Yeah?

569. I don't know if it's, it might be too much.

570. - Franklin. - I love it.

571. I hate parking it out here, you know.

572. Franklin, put this in a parking lot immediately.

573. - Yeah. - Yeah.

574. Do you see where we are?

575. - I know. - Yeah.

576. Hello?

577. Is now a good time?

578. Excuse me?

579. The interview you wanted.

580. Burrell interview.

581. Uh, like right now, right now?

582. Uh, if you're available?

583. Yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm available.

584. Good.

585. I've provided transportation.

586. Transportation?

587. See you soon, Mr. Fox.

588. Thank you.

589. Here, have fun.

590. I'll see you later.

591. All right, well, good luck.

592. Mr. Fox.

593. My hero.

594. Welcome.

595. Ingram will show you to the boardroom.

596. Oh, Mr. Burrell, thank you so much for taking the time.

597. No, sir, thank you for your quick thinking.

598. Oh, I, uh, just, just reacted, sir.

599. I'm not, not a fighter.

600. I have a gift.

601. Oh.

602. You might wanna come closer.

603. Right.

604. Thank you, Ingram.

605. Here, for you.

606. Are these the new Fives?

607. No, but they're the best you can get.

608. Unless you're me. For you and your lady friend.

609. I do my homework.

610. I know that you were a graduate of MIT.

611. I know that you started your own biotech company

612. with your sister, whom you lost to...

613. well, let's say unfortunate circumstances.

614. Questions?

615. Sorry? Your interview.

616. - Oh. - Questions.

617. - Unless you read minds. - No, no, I do not.

618. Uh... I was thinking we could, we could start big. Um...

619. So do, do you believe that one day

620. your Tri-Band technology will be

621. a viable alternative to medication,

622. pills, syrups, inhalers?

623. Alternative would be nice.

624. Complete replacement would be best.

625. A technology that makes medication an unnecessary...

626. barbaric relic.

627. But not all medical needs

628. stem from poor healthcare habits.

629. What about accidents? Car crash, ski injury, falls.

630. What besides medication can manage pain?

631. You're asking the wrong questions.

632. It's not what do we need to manage pain from accidents.

633. It's why have accidents in the first place?

634. Let's step outside a minute,

635. I'm feeling a little claustrophobic.

636. OK? Come on.

637. In the future,

638. your Tri-Bands are gonna eliminate accidents?

639. Not Tri-Bands.

640. What I'm working on will make Tri-Bands

641. as antiquated as a rotary telephone.

642. The platform has limitations.

643. It's reactive.

644. In order to eliminate accidents,

645. we're gonna need a proactive solution.

646. And you have one?

647. Off the record?

648. Sure.

649. Years ago, I stumbled on a substance

650. that contained quantum particles.

651. - Like quantum crystals. - Mm-hmm.

652. I thought those were just recently discovered.

653. Oh, well, that's what the world thinks.

654. I discovered them decades ago

655. while working on laser technology, but early sixties,

656. man of my complexion...

657. How long would it be before the technology gets stolen

658. or I wound up dead?

659. So I just kept it secret and kept experimenting.

660. But I do believe that integrating AI

661. with this substance will eliminate accidents.

662. No accidents,

663. no injuries, no injuries, no pain.

664. No pain, no need for medication.

665. That, that sounds incredible.

666. Well, forgive me for sounding immodest,

667. but if I'm truthful, incredible is what I do.

668. But you weren't being honest with me completely before.

669. About?

670. About being a fighter.

671. Look, I sense that you're a modest man.

672. Power and material things don't hold much pull.

673. But I also detect a desire for justice,

674. desire to make the world a better place.

675. Don't let the intellectual fear in here

676. keep you from pursuing what's burning in here.

677. Jay, do you,

678. do you think that I should take that meeting with Thorenson?

679. What, you go see an angel

680. and then you gonna go meet with the devil?

681. I mean, didn't you say that he killed your sister?

682. Yeah, but it's just, just a meeting.

683. You know, maybe I can, I don't know,

684. maybe I can get him to slip up and say something he shouldn't.

685. Blow it out to the world, I don't know.

686. Could be a little bit of justice.

687. OK.

688. Despite the effort,

689. I couldn't get Burrell's words out of my head.

690. I did have a desire for justice,

691. a fire burning inside of me.

692. This was an opportunity to confront the man responsible

693. for my sister's death.

694. And I wanted to take that fire

695. and use it to light Sig Thorenson the fuck up.

696. All I had to do was push past my fear.

697. All I had to do was take action.

698. Change of heart.

699. Good man.

700. Follow me.

701. All right.

702. Mr. Thorenson, meet Franklin Fox.

703. Franklin Fox.

704. Sig Thorenson.

705. That beautiful woman there is Renee Renzler.

706. Brilliant mind, keeps my business afloat,

707. which is why I don't have a problem

708. that she won't give me the time of day outside of work.

709. Isn't that right, Calvert?

710. But as you can see, I do all right.

711. Mmm. Give me a minute, sweetheart, OK?

712. Oh, ignore the naysayers, Franklin,

713. 'cause money can buy you happiness, and a lot of it.

714. You want, you wanna meet her girlfriends?

715. Oh no, I'm good. I don't mix business and pleasure.

716. Oh, dull, but I like it.

717. No, Renson Pharmaceuticals

718. could use a persuasive voice like yours

719. to help us regain some goodwill.

720. 'Cause fact is, Zonastin has helped a,

721. a lot of people dealing with pain.

722. - Like it helped my sister? - Hmm?

723. - Took away her pain. - Oh?

724. Took it away permanently 'cause it killed her.

725. You knew about the dangers of that drug and you put it out.

726. So my truth is her death is on your fucking hands.

727. Well, this is awkward.

728. Anything else before you become a broken memory?

729. Yeah.

730. This.

731. Renson Pharmaceuticals could use a—

732. A persuasive of voice like mine to help this company regain

733. some goodwill, get your story out there.

734. I mean, the truth is, Zonastin, it's,

735. it's helped so many people with so much pain.

736. You took the words right out of my mouth.

737. Oh.

738. Calvert says you have a gift.

739. Right, you have a, a lucky streak like nobody's business.

740. Not so much luck as it is, um, it's more of a skill.

741. You know, I can, I can see things,

742. but my, my abilities are rather limited.

743. I can only see things that are just about to happen.

744. So you can see what I'm thinking.

745. Yeah.

746. You're thinking that I'm full of shit.

747. I like that. I like that.

748. I'll tell you what, let's make a wager. Hmm?

749. You prove Calvert right

750. and I'll pay you, I don't know, what do you get for an article?

751. About a thousand.

752. All right, you prove Calvert right

753. and for every article you write

754. that tells the world Sig Thorenson

755. knew nothing about the addictive effects of Zonastin

756. and elevates the Renson Pharmaceutical name,

757. I will multiply that by 100.

758. 100,000?

759. A small price for good publicity.

760. Fail and I fire Calvert for telling a ridiculous lie

761. or being too stupid to see through your scam.

762. And you owe me five articles at half your going rate.

763. What do you say?

764. I say you name the game.

765. Ah, no, no, no, no game, no.

766. You simply tell me what will happen...

767. after I whistle.

768. - You're gonna whistle? - And you predict the outcome.

769. Come on, 100K if you can do it right now.

770. Let's have some fun.

771. Sure. Uh...

772. OK, uh, you're gonna whistle

773. and then your dog's

774. gonna come running from outside and jump in your lap.

775. Ah.

776. Mmm.

777. Calvert, you're fired,

778. and Franklin, you owe me five articles.

779. No, no, no, no game, no.

780. You simply tell me what will happen...

781. after I whistle.

782. So you're gonna whistle.

783. And you predict the outcome.

784. Yep.

785. So the woman that was just here behind you is gonna return.

786. She's gonna trip along her way.

787. Come around, kiss your neck

788. and put her hands on your shoulders.

789. Maybe you get a massage.

790. What the...

791. It's not bad, huh?

792. How'd you...?

793. Anton Burrell's behind this magic act somehow,

794. I can feel it.

795. Sig, are you sure about this?

796. Him working here?

797. Put him in the corporate office.

798. No. Friends close, enemies closer.

799. It's trite, but it's... it's true.

800. So he wants you to write an article to make him look good?

801. Yeah, 100K a pop.

802. But, Franklin, that's like selling out

803. all the people who read your blog

804. and your sister.

805. You're just gonna let him buy you?

806. Jala, come on, it's not about the money.

807. You don't think I wanted to kill him

808. when I was standing in front of him?

809. But if I go and work for him, you realize I can get like,

810. deep in underground and get some actual proof

811. that he knew about Zonastin the entire time

812. and mess up his entire world.

813. While writing glowing reviews about the man. Mm...

814. Yeah.

815. No, I know.

816. I'll find a way around that.

817. In the meantime,

818. I'll take his money

819. and I'll use it for something worthwhile, like us.

820. - Us? - Yeah. Us.

821. We can move outta this shithole, get an insane house.

822. I can fill it with paints and easels and, and...

823. Franklin, this sounds like some...

824. backward-ass marriage proposal. I don't...

825. - Hey. - Hm?

826. You know I'm crazy.

827. - Yeah. - You know I'm crazy about you.

828. This was my grandma's, she gave it to my sister.

829. I want to marry you. I don't wanna waste any time.

830. I want to be crazy together. Let's just do it.

831. Frank-Franklin, um...

832. Ah, it's too crazy.

833. No, no, no. It's not too crazy.

834. I, you know what you want and I, I, I want it too.

835. - You want that too? - Yes. Put the ring on.

836. - Really? - Franklin, please!

837. - Yeah. - That's it, that's it.

838. So what are you thinking?

839. Well, I was thinking instead

840. of doing a bunch of little articles,

841. why don't we do one big event-style piece

842. where we completely rebrand Renson Pharmaceuticals

843. and yourself?

844. What, like that circus Burrell does?

845. Well, I was thinking something more in line of

846. Renson Pharmaceuticals' connection

847. to the community and health.

848. Time and cost.

849. Yeah.

850. - Time and cost. - It's not a fast process.

851. I would say... six months to get it done right. Um...

852. You need a lot of time to really dig into the company and,

853. you know, products and the pipeline, that sort of thing.

854. As far as cost, I can create a budget for you.

855. There's a shareholders' meeting in August.

856. I know that.

857. So there's a shareholders' meeting in August.

858. You know, I was gonna pay you per article,

859. but what the hell, Renee, put him on payroll.

860. Let's amortize his articles over a year.

861. - Are you sure? - Absolutely.

862. - You good with that? - Yes, yeah.

863. Great.

864. So now you work for me.

865. Big money, big results.

866. Got it.

867. You'll be in here.

868. Sig is in the next wing and I'm just down the hall.

869. OK. Thank you.

870. OK.

871. Hi.

872. Hi.

873. And you are...?

874. First-day present.

875. Oh.

876. Um...

877. Is he...?

878. Oh...

879. Goddamn Boy Scout.

880. We're gonna have to rethink our collateral.

881. We gotta figure out how he does that trick.

882. And it better not have anything to do

883. with that ridiculous Tri-Band.

884. Maybe we need to see if he can do the trick

885. when he's not wearing it.

886. Pretty sure he didn't have it when I first saw him.

887. Pretty sure? That's, that's the best you can do,

888. Calvert, pretty sure?

889. I think it's time for a little road trip.

890. Hmm?

891. Let him do the trick in a place with a bunch of eyes.

892. OK, that's good.

893. Yeah, let's, let's do that, let's do that.

894. And let's juice him up a little bit

895. so that it's easier for the kid to express himself.

896. Didn't you say he has a girlfriend?

897. Just got engaged.

898. Great, invite her too.

899. Renee, have some girl talk.

900. See if you can get her to spill a bean or two.

901. So let's go. Go, go, go, go, go.

902. Let's get some collateral on Franklin Fox.

903. Let's get some collateral.

904. It's not? No.

905. But...

906. OK, well...

907. Designing, just before, let's do the whole thing.

908. - Yeah. - OK.

909. And then I have like this cool little couch thing.

910. Welcome aboard.

911. You guys got our, our luggage, right?

912. Jala, this is Mr. Thorenson, Renee and Calvert.

913. Well, Franklin,

914. you didn't tell me your lady friend was a model.

915. No, about a foot too short.

916. But thank you, and for the invitation.

917. Oh, I like to relax with my team now and then.

918. Have some fun.

919. Sit back and relax, we'll be in Miami in no time.

920. - Yeah. - All right.

921. Yeah, I'm gonna have to ask you both

922. to leave your Tri-Bands on the plane when we get to Miami.

923. It's a small boutique casino owned by a buddy of mine

924. and he, he knows how much I can't stand Anton Burrell.

925. If he saw my employees wearing one of those,

926. I would never hear the end of it.

927. Yeah. OK.

928. I can't wait to see how much you steal from my buddy.

929. Oh, that's sweet.

930. Oh wow!

931. Seven.

932. Oh my God.

933. He did it again.

934. - So cool. - Wow.

935. Nothing.

936. All your eyes in the sky and you got nothing?

937. My team's been watching him

938. from the second he walked through the door.

939. Whatever he's doing, it's undetectable.

940. Yeah, but still, you have nothing.

941. Sig, trust me, if I had half a reason

942. to take those chips back, I would.

943. Calvert, let's make sure that Renee

944. pulls something valuable from the girlfriend.

945. All right?

946. - You got it. - OK.

947. So how long have you and, uh, Calvert been together?

948. Together?

949. Our work with Sig is 24/7.

950. So yeah, we hook up, just convenience.

951. OK.

952. Not like you with that ring.

953. You lovebirds moved quick, huh?

954. I mean, you know, when you know, you know. Why wait?

955. - I get it. - Yeah.

956. He's very smart and cute.

957. Yes. Yes, he is.

958. It's just so odd that he was so down and out

959. before meeting Sig.

960. Yeah, I just think he was burnt out.

961. You know, when people keep going, they just,

962. they tend to burn out.

963. I don't think he's in it for the money.

964. Oh, but he's so good at making it.

965. How does he make it happen?

966. You must have some idea.

967. No, I guess he's just really lucky.

968. Hey.

969. How'd it go?

970. I started with like a big stack,

971. and I just got down to one.

972. You see, he loses all his chips,

973. and he's like, "Yeah, it's whatever."

974. Holy shit.

975. - This is real? - Yes, it is.

976. Your boy Franklin did it again.

977. He made us both a lot of money.

978. Yeah, Mr. Thorenson bankrolled my play.

979. And that chip you're holding, that belongs to you,

980. if Franklin will let you keep it.

981. That's his cut for doing whatever sorcery he does.

982. OK, come on, come on, come on.

983. - Let's go celebrate. - OK.

984. Well, that was impressive, Mr. Fox.

985. Tell me, how do you do it?

986. What's your, what's your secret?

987. No secret. Surprisingly, he just has really good rhythm.

988. I think what Sig meant was more, what's the secret?

989. How do you do it?

990. Inquiring minds need to know.

991. Oh, well, I mean,

992. your boss is one of the richest men in America.

993. So I, I'd like to know what his secrets are.

994. Well, Franklin, my secret is I'm a bastard.

995. But the secret to success of my business

996. is that I know everything there is to know

997. about my employees.

998. Sig Thorenson?

999. It's time to pay up.

1000. No, no, no, no.

1001. Anybody else with this asshole?

1002. The ring!

1003. No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't shoot!

1004. Surprisingly, he has really good rhythm.

1005. I think what Sig meant was more, what's the secret?

1006. Inquiring minds need to know.

1007. Hey, Sport, did you hear what he said?

1008. Sig Thorenson?

1009. Shit!

1010. Sig, are you OK?

1011. I'm all right, I'm all right.

1012. I think he saved my life.

1013. You OK?

1014. - Yeah. - OK, good.

1015. Franklin, look.

1016. - They put your picture up. - Oh God.

1017. It's like you some kind of super sexy superhero.

1018. "Franklin Fox saves Sig Thorenson just months

1019. after doing the same for Anton Burrell."

1020. You're famous. My man.

1021. Oh my gosh.

1022. You remember what tomorrow night is, right?

1023. My art exhibit. You're gonna come, right?

1024. - Of course. - Because I don't know,

1025. I don't think I can take people judging my work

1026. and me being by myself.

1027. I'm gonna need my superhero fiance

1028. there for emotional support.

1029. All right, I'll, I'll come on one condition.

1030. You gotta stop calling me a superhero.

1031. Well, excuse me

1032. if you fly out to a casino, win big,

1033. stop a murder, fly back.

1034. That's superhero-type shit.

1035. Breaking news. The man arrested

1036. in last night's assassination attempt...

1037. What's wrong? of Sig Thorenson

1038. has been identified as... Babe?

1039. I knew that I recognized that guy.

1040. - Who, the shooter? - Yeah.

1041. Two years ago, the suspect's wife, Susan Miller,

1042. was found dead inside

1043. Renson Pharmaceuticals' corporate office.

1044. He was married to this Renson exec

1045. who hung herself in her office.

1046. I tried to track him down for an interview,

1047. but there was no media coverage or, or anything.

1048. of the company's drug, Zonastin.

1049. I'm going to bed, you want to come?

1050. suicide by the county coroner.

1051. - Uh, I'll be up in a minute. - OK.

1052. a murder in which Sig Thorenson played a role.

1053. Don't leave me lonely. Last night Miller

1054. attempted to take justice into his own hands.

1055. Investigate Sig Thorenson!

1056. Investigate Renee Renzler! They're blackmailing everyone.

1057. - Franklin. - Sorry,

1058. I didn't mean to startle you.

1059. No, it's OK.

1060. How's our hero doing?

1061. Getting a little tired of the hero thing.

1062. You know, I have some real work I need to get done.

1063. How can I help?

1064. Well, I was gonna see if you had a file

1065. on an old employee, Susan Miller.

1066. Why would you want that?

1067. Her husband's the one who tried to kill Sig.

1068. She knew about Zonastin's propensity for addiction,

1069. didn't tell anybody,

1070. and Thorenson still catches some heat because of it.

1071. She had a financial stake in its success.

1072. I guess money was more important to her than lives.

1073. That's why I'd like to learn a little bit more about her.

1074. See, I wanna know as much as possible

1075. while I'm trying to game plan

1076. how to reframe the whole company,

1077. and having her employee file

1078. might lend me some helpful insight.

1079. I'll see what I can find.

1080. Thanks, Renee.

1081. You know, if I can clear out whatever dark cloud

1082. is still left over Mr. Thorenson and this company,

1083. that's when I'll call myself a hero.

1084. I'm just saying, Mr. Thorenson,

1085. he saved Burrell and then you.

1086. I think he set it up.

1087. Well, maybe that's because he was doing your job, Calvert.

1088. Sig, Franklin just asked to see Susan Miller's file.

1089. You see?

1090. Yeah, maybe I do.

1091. I mean, maybe it's an innocent question.

1092. Maybe I need to thank Mr. Fox properly

1093. for doing your job.

1094. - Franklin. - Yeah.

1095. I had Renee pull this from the safe.

1096. Susan Miller, Renee said you wanted to see it.

1097. Oh, yeah, but I, I thought that you were...

1098. - It's empty. - Yeah.

1099. Her not telling us what she knew about Zonastin

1100. cost us a lot of credibility.

1101. We probably should have kept her records.

1102. I mean, hindsight, your instincts were correct.

1103. And that's undeniable.

1104. After saving my ass in Miami.

1105. I, I want to thank you.

1106. No, I want to thank you.

1107. Oh, don't, don't bother, you already have.

1108. No, grab your jacket.

1109. Follow me.

1110. I really appreciate what you did.

1111. - Oh, yeah. - Last night.

1112. No, no, no, no.

1113. Don't, don't downplay. Hey, let's take a drive.

1114. Which one should we, which one should we take?

1115. Which one, what do you like?

1116. I like that, let's take this one.

1117. - All right. - You know, come on, climb in.

1118. This'll be fun.

1119. Yeah.

1120. You're gonna feel the power on this.

1121. Huh?

1122. Heck yeah, here we go.

1123. You don't need that seatbelt. Live.

1124. Mr. Sig, what can I do you for?

1125. How about a couple of shots?

1126. Tequila.

1127. Sound good?

1128. Uh, sure.

1129. For you.

1130. What do you mean?

1131. She's all yours.

1132. That's my gift for saving my life.

1133. Hmm.

1134. Thank you.

1135. Here you go.

1136. Here.

1137. A toast to one hell of an employee.

1138. Mmm!

1139. We good, Sammy?

1140. Exactly how you asked.

1141. All right.

1142. Come on, one last gift.

1143. Just up here.

1144. Come on, this is gonna be fun.

1145. Now it's a party.

1146. Oh, look who's here.

1147. No, no.

1148. Oh, no, should I have arranged for boys?

1149. No, I... You're about to be real good.

1150. Go get 'em, Tiger.

1151. - Come on. - No, no.

1152. I don't... Oh, let me zoom in on that.

1153. I gave you a little something.

1154. Makes one head hard, makes the other as hard as ever.

1155. You're very photogenic, Franklin.

1156. Oh, fuck.

1157. Hey, is he still here?

1158. Oh, he left a few hours ago.

1159. But he told me to give you this

1160. when you were good enough to drive.

1161. Come on, what?

1162. You didn't have a good time?

1163. Some gorgeous girls in there.

1164. You spiked my fucking drink.

1165. That was a part of the good time.

1166. That fool's gonna kill himself in that thing.

1167. Hey, hey.

1168. Sorry, sorry I'm so late.

1169. I, I got held up in a meeting with Thorenson.

1170. Franklin?

1171. Mr. Burrell.

1172. What? What's, what's going on?

1173. Oh, you mean what went on?

1174. Exhibition of paintings by this talented young lady

1175. you're engaged to.

1176. Yeah, he just stopped by the gallery.

1177. I find her paintings so intriguing

1178. that I had to see some more

1179. before I decided which one to buy.

1180. Couldn't decide.

1181. He brought them all.

1182. I just might have made her independently wealthy.

1183. And you, woo, so full of surprises.

1184. Predictive analysis be damned, huh?

1185. Saving Thorenson? Didn't see that one on the horizon.

1186. Did, did he just say...

1187. You took a meeting with Thorenson?

1188. Yeah.

1189. You think these things are spying—

1190. Franklin, forget the, the Tri-Band.

1191. You had a meeting with Thorenson,

1192. that's why you bailed on me.

1193. No, no, I didn't bail on you. I have a job.

1194. Oh, it's your job now.

1195. I thought your job was to get enough dirt on the asshole

1196. so that you could put him out of business.

1197. Yeah, it is.

1198. Is that why you smell like cheap whores and stale beer?

1199. Or is it the other way around?

1200. I am so close to nailing him, all right?

1201. Why did you save him?

1202. If you wanted to get rid of him—

1203. I saved him to save you, OK?

1204. Who knows how many people that guy would've shot.

1205. Apparently you.

1206. I'm building a case.

1207. OK? Listen to me, in four months,

1208. this all explodes at his annual investor's meeting.

1209. Four months?

1210. Franklin, this is not about your sister or the world.

1211. This is about you and power and all this shit.

1212. I think you like taking his money.

1213. His money paid for your art show.

1214. I knew you would hold that over my head.

1215. You say you don't care about the money, but you do, Jala.

1216. - Leave me alone. - That makes you a hypocrite.

1217. - I'm a hypocrite? - Yeah, it makes you a hypocrite.

1218. - I'm a hypocrite? - Yes.

1219. What? What?

1220. What was that?

1221. - You were touching me. - No, no, no, no, no.

1222. 'Cause we, we were, we were out there in the water.

1223. It's OK. It's OK, all right. I, I, I, I can—

1224. - Franklin, what was that? - I can explain.

1225. What the fuck?

1226. How the fuck did I get in the water?

1227. I, I, I didn't—I was in there. I saw it.

1228. It's the ring, OK?

1229. What is that?

1230. I, I found it.

1231. And it does that?

1232. Yeah, yeah, it takes you back in time 57 seconds.

1233. No, no, no, no, no.

1234. That's not, that's not real.

1235. You want me to, I can show you a—

1236. No, don't do it again. Don't ever do it again.

1237. I feel like I'm going fuckin' crazy.

1238. Where did you get it?

1239. I found it on stage the night that I saved Burrell.

1240. But I don't know where it came from.

1241. I don't know how it works.

1242. The night we met?

1243. So you've had it this whole time?

1244. How many times have you done that?

1245. And why can't I remember?

1246. I mean, I don't know.

1247. I guess you only remember if you're like touching it,

1248. and if not, it just, just resets.

1249. Do you use it to do things, to get stuff, like...?

1250. That's it, isn't it?

1251. This house, all, all this, all this shit.

1252. It's that thing.

1253. Did you use it with me?

1254. Is that how you got me?

1255. Just a redo until you say what I want to hear?

1256. This ring gave us everything, OK?

1257. Our whole life is a lie, Franklin.

1258. It's not a lie, 'cause when you press it,

1259. it's like it never happened. OK?

1260. But it did happen. It happened and you know it.

1261. It happened, you know it, I forget it.

1262. You know what? I should have gone with my gut from the start.

1263. You are a liar.

1264. Jala.

1265. Talk to Renee.

1266. She knows where all the bodies are buried.

1267. They're blackmailing everyone.

1268. Franklin.

1269. I heard you got a nice gift from Mr. Thorenson.

1270. Yeah, I did, it was, it was pretty nice actually.

1271. But you know what would be an even nicer gift?

1272. Hmm. Code to that safe.

1273. Let me know when you're serious.

1274. How about right now?

1275. Give me the combination.

1276. Calvert!

1277. Shit!

1278. I swear to God if you scream, I'm...

1279. Oh!

1280. Oh, shit.

1281. Do not scream or I will kill you again.

1282. OK now, write down the code to that goddamn safe.

1283. Write it down.

1284. Write it down!

1285. Seven, two, one, three, one.

1286. Seven, two, one, three, one.

1287. Hey Renee, you wanna see a magic trick?

1288. OK.

1289. I am going to get the combination to this safe

1290. using only my mind.

1291. Franklin, that's not something to play with.

1292. Just play the game, Renee.

1293. - Hey Renee. - Huh?

1294. Check this out.

1295. - Put it on your lap. - What?

1296. OK, next time it won't be your thigh, it'll be your head.

1297. And trust me, it is not pretty.

1298. Now tell me, what is the code to the safe?

1299. Tell me what the code is.

1300. Five, three, five, seven, eight.

1301. Five, three, five, seven, eight.

1302. Five, three, five, seven, eight.

1303. - Franklin. - Shut up.

1304. Wasn't that easy?

1305. Franklin.

1306. I heard you got a nice gift from Mr. Thorenson.

1307. I did, it was very nice.

1308. You staying late tonight?

1309. No, no, I'm almost out the door.

1310. OK, well, I'm gonna stick around for a while.

1311. I got some things I wanna finish up.

1312. Whoa.

1313. Hey, are you working tomorrow's game?

1314. The basketball game?

1315. Yeah, dude, you think Fink could do it without me?

1316. Neanderthal would probably burn the building down.

1317. Look, I, I need your help with something.

1318. What's up?

1319. I'm taking down Renson and Sig Thorenson.

1320. Payback for your sister?

1321. Yeah.

1322. Fuckin' yeah.

1323. But, but how?

1324. Look.

1325. What is all that?

1326. This is a bunch of shit

1327. that Thorenson uses to keep his employees in line.

1328. Whoa, are those naked Polaroids?

1329. Yeah, he's been doing this, like, forever.

1330. He gets all this collateral on his employees

1331. to keep them in line.

1332. So I put proof that he knew about Zonastin

1333. and all of this other blow-up-your-world type shit

1334. on a file and I'm sending it to you.

1335. Stop, stop, freeze, freeze.

1336. What? Is that you?

1337. Why didn't you invite your boy?

1338. Look, I, I literally got drugged

1339. and I don't remember any of it, OK?

1340. That's depressing.

1341. Look, whatever I send you,

1342. I need you to put it up on the jumbotron

1343. and blast it out to the world before the game, all right?

1344. That means I'm fired and then broke.

1345. No, no, no. And probably homeless.

1346. Do me a favor, check your bank account real quick.

1347. Damn, player!

1348. How did you—Hey, hey, hey.

1349. No questions, OK?

1350. I just, uh, I wanted to take care of you.

1351. I got you covered. Thanks, man.

1352. It took the rest of the night

1353. to craft a final blog post for my readers

1354. explaining why I'd be gone for a while

1355. and why they should tune into the game.

1356. The next day I prepared to skip town

1357. while waiting for the game to start

1358. and making an attempt to mend things with Jala.

1359. Hey, it's Jala,

1360. you know what to do.

1361. Jala, look, you were right.

1362. All right, I, I let the money and the power get to me

1363. and I'm, I'm sorry.

1364. But I'm, I'm back on track now, OK?

1365. Turn the game on if you can, you'll see.

1366. I'm gonna be getting outta town for a little bit, OK?

1367. And... I love you.

1368. Team on a mission

1369. and they have the most complete package.

1370. They had a rough start. They're ten games under.500.

1371. That is their high point for the season.

1372. I am calling the upset tonight.

1373. And look who it is.

1374. It's Anton Burrell, part-owner of the—

1375. Come on, Andy.

1376. This message is being simultaneously sent out

1377. to news outlets everywhere.

1378. Renson Pharmaceuticals CEO Sig Thorenson

1379. has been accused of misconduct for years.

1380. Let me in, Andy!

1381. What's wrong with you? Open this damn door.

1382. You're gonna be fired.

1383. He blamed her for all the deaths

1384. caused by ignoring report after report...

1385. - Open it! - Don't care!

1386. I have plenty of evidence,

1387. but let's start with the most shocking first.

1388. What you are witnessing is one of Sig Thorenson's henchmen

1389. staging the murder of employee Susan Miller

1390. to appear as a suicide

1391. so he could blame her for all the deaths

1392. caused by ignoring report after report

1393. of the addictive nature of his pill Zonastin

1394. that led to the deaths of thousands.

1395. Ah, come on, come on.

1396. Thorenson definitely knew,

1397. 'cause that's him right there, hiding behind the wall,

1398. getting collateral on his henchman

1399. after masterminding the murder plot.

1400. Right now we are not sure

1401. what's going on in the booth.

1402. I shouldn't have watched,

1403. but I just had to see it go down.

1404. And now with the word out, it was definitely time to go

1405. as I expected an unpleasant knock on my door at any moment.

1406. There was a knock, just not on my door.

1407. You really don't have to.

1408. You really fucked me.

1409. But you're gonna fix it.

1410. Yeah, everybody knows that you can manufacture

1411. any kind of fake video these days.

1412. That's exactly what you're gonna tell the world you did.

1413. It was all a hoax.

1414. That's not gonna happen.

1415. Oh, I think it will. I got collateral.

1416. Oh, those stupid photos? I don't care.

1417. Oh no, something much better.

1418. - Frank-Franklin. - You bastard.

1419. Exactly what I am.

1420. Franklin, I saw what you did.

1421. You did the right thing.

1422. Hit my ring and then run.

1423. - Wait, where? - We gotta go, they're coming.

1424. What are you two whispering about?

1425. - Do it now, do it! - It's over!

1426. I got collateral.

1427. - Franklin. - Jala, I'm sorry.

1428. No, it's OK. You did the right thing.

1429. We gotta go, they're coming.

1430. Oh! Get back here!

1431. Get her! I got him.

1432. I'll take care of the girl.

1433. Forget about her.

1434. Just get him on the plane, let's go!

1435. Let's go!

1436. Come on, let's get this thing in the air.

1437. This is Flight Control.

1438. You are not cleared for takeoff.

1439. They're blocking the runway.

1440. You are not cleared...

1441. Fly over them, fly through, just get me outta here.

1442. You are not cleared for takeoff.

1443. Ground your...

1444. There are vehicles on the runway!

1445. You are not cleared for takeoff!

1446. Calvert?

1447. - We're good, right? - Might have done some damage.

1448. We should get back on the ground.

1449. No, no, no. We fly, dammit.

1450. Calvert's right, let's turn back.

1451. Personally, I'd rather fight my case

1452. from a private island than a cell.

1453. Gotta at least get across the border.

1454. This is all your fault, you know that, right?

1455. Hey, I am talking to you.

1456. What the hell?

1457. That ring?

1458. That's it, that's what you've been doing.

1459. The ring? Sig, what are you talking about?

1460. I was here, then you, you were...

1461. Give me that ring!

1462. Franklin, please.

1463. Please.

1464. - Strap in! - You give it to me.

1465. Give it to me, asshole. We're going down.

1466. Don't you wanna see your girl again?

1467. The ring? Sig, what are you talking about?

1468. Explosion. The ring, it takes it back.

1469. - What explosion? - She doesn't know.

1470. But you do, you know.

1471. You know.

1472. I do.

1473. Give it to me.

1474. That's it, it's too late.

1475. There's not enough time. Here, you can take it.

1476. What do you mean not enough time?

1477. The ring only goes back 57 seconds.

1478. Then I'll just take us back.

1479. Take us back, take us back.

1480. It's not working.

1481. It's not working, make it work!

1482. Here, here.

1483. Make it, make it work, make it work.

1484. I told you when we first met.

1485. It has limited power.

1486. What is he talking about?

1487. That's it, it's over, you're done.

1488. If I'm done, you're done. You wanna die?

1489. Your pills, your company. You killed my sister.

1490. You don't deserve anything you've got.

1491. So if you die, I, I don't care.

1492. - Sig! - Pull up.

1493. Pull up.

1494. Get back!

1495. Ma'am, please stay inside the vehicle.

1496. Ma'am, ma'am, do not approach the crash site.

1497. Franklin?

1498. Ma'am, get back!

1499. Franklin?

1500. Franklin!

1501. Where's Franklin, where's Franklin?

1502. I don't know.

1503. - Franklin, Franklin! - Oh, God!

1504. Are you OK, are you OK?I'm OK.

1505. I'm OK, I'm OK.

1506. Are you OK, are you OK?

1507. Thorenson's gone.

1508. Hey, you want me to look at that for you?

1509. He'll be OK.

1510. Franklin, what is he doing here?

1511. And how do you know he'll be OK?

1512. Ingram's circuitry integrates with the ring.

1513. The ring.

1514. You, you knew I had the ring?

1515. Sorry, I, I should have given it back to you.

1516. Well, I wanted you to have it.

1517. Why?

1518. The moment you picked it up,

1519. Ingram determined that you

1520. could be the perfect person to—

1521. To test it on?

1522. I wasn't testing the ring.

1523. I was testing you.

1524. Monitoring you to see

1525. how technology would affect your...

1526. decisions, actions.

1527. Quantum crystals.

1528. The crystals put me on the path to develop the Tri-Bands.

1529. But the real breakthrough... Time travel.

1530. Franklin,

1531. I've been looking for someone with the aptitude

1532. to work alongside me

1533. to determine how best to use

1534. the vast potentials of this technology for the world.

1535. So I'm asking you to come on board.

1536. Help me discover it.

1537. You can't,

1538. you can't just keep going back and...

1539. redoing things till you get it right.

1540. Is that what a better future looks like?

1541. Death?

1542. You're not about to mourn Sig Thorenson.

1543. No.

1544. But innocent people could have died.

1545. Jala could have been on that plane.

1546. So you're turning me down.

1547. Well, in that case, I need the ring.

1548. No.

1549. This thing is, this thing's dangerous.

1550. It's addictive, it's like...

1551. the same stuff that killed my sister.

1552. I couldn't stop using it and I didn't want to.

1553. Now wait, Franklin, wait.

1554. Sorry. I gotta end this.

1555. Should we run?

1556. I can't run, you run.

1557. No, I told you I'm not leaving you.

1558. Offer still stands.

1559. - What? - You just proved

1560. that you are the perfect partner.

1561. You, you already have a partner.

1562. He analyzes, does what he's told.

1563. Last thing I need is a yes man.

1564. I need somebody who's not afraid to tell me no.

1565. Now what do you say?

1566. Will you help me make a better world?

1567. I just did.

1568. You can have these back too.

1569. You have a lot of explaining to do.

1570. I know.

1571. But what you did was so fuckin' sexy.

1572. - Ow. - I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

1573. I'm sorry.

1574. Time is the universal factor

1575. of synchronization.

1576. Subvert the law, even for 57 seconds,

1577. and you create disharmony, disparity, disunity.

1578. A world of disses.

1579. And honestly...

1580. who wants to live there?